Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Motivational Quotes

"That which is bitter to endure may be sweet to remember."--Thomas Fuller

"The first and the best victory is to conquer self."--Plato

"You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be."--David Viscott

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."--Eleanor Roosevelt

"You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?""--George Bernard Shaw

"Complaining will not change things in your life; only action will. Make a list of all you need to do to change what doesn't work in your life and, little by little, begin making those changes."--Susan Jeffers

"The price of success is much lower than the price of failure."--Zig Ziglar

"Constant dripping hollows out a stone."--Lucretius

"If you think you can or can't your right"--Henry Ford

"The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." - Charles DuBois

"Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way."-- Satchel Paigeclip of a new movie coming out with Renee Zellwiger: "Never look in the rearview mirror darling, it doesn't matter what's behind you"

Vince Lombardi: It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up.

Benjamin Franklin: You may delay, but time will not.

Lee Iacocca: You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.

Vincent Lombardi: The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

Anthony Robbins: The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.

Roger Bannister: The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Author unknown: The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places.

Carl Sandburg: The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.Harold

Wilkins: The world of achievement has always belonged to the optimist.

Heraclitus: There is nothing permanent except change.

Swedish Proverb: Those who wish to sing, always find a song.

Elie Wiesel: Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

Martin Luther King, Jr.: We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.

Harriet Beecher Stowe: When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Quintus Horatius Flaccus Horace: Who has courage to say no again and again to desires, to despise the objects of ambition, who is a whole in himself, smoothed and rounded.

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal." ~ Hannah Moore

“Unless You Puke, Faint or Die, Keep Going!” – Jillian Michaels

“Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.” – Sir Winston Churchill

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.” – Robertson Davies

“It is better to wear out than to rust out.” – Richard Cumberland

“Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” -Hannah Moore

"There are only 2 choices; make progress or make excuses.” – Ellen Mikesell

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills

“Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.” – Frank L. Gaines

“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” – Oprah Winfrey

“First you fuel the desire, then the desire will fuel you.” – Napoleon Hill

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“There is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving. It is not about speed or gold medals. It is about refusing to be stopped.” -Ambry Burfoot

“If you haven’t got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?” – Jeffery J. Mayer

“If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it’s OK. But you’ve got to shoot for something. A lot of people don’t even shoot.” – Robert Townsend

“If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page” – Mark Houlahan

“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher